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How We Can Build Electric Vehicles With Renewable Energy
This mining technique is producing lithium and green energy at the same time
Electric Vehicle (EV) sales are growing at lightning speed. 2021 looks to be on track for more than 4 million fully electric vehicles old — more than 2019 and 2020 combined.
The environmental benefits of swapping a gas car for an EV are already massive. A study from the International Council on Clean Transportation found that EVs result in significantly less emissions in every region of the world even after taking into account emissions from manufacturing. In Europe and North America, an electric vehicle would reduce emissions by 60–69%.
However, the production of batteries for EVs still takes an environmental toll. And though the end result is cleaner than gas cars, mining for raw materials is one of the most intensive steps in the EV supply chain.
Finding a consistent supply of raw materials is also difficult for automakers — lithium in particular has doubled in price in less than a year, slowing EV’s steady march towards price parity with conventional vehicles.
Abundant CO2 Free Lithium
Luckily, production of raw materials is about to get a lot cleaner. As part of their…
